"This book is great for kids at that age when they start to be critical of their own art, but the truth is I mostly give this book to adults and re-read it myself. I read it when I notice myself obsessing over mistakes, when I spend more time being frustrated with flaws than accomplishing anything new. This book is for the days I need a reminder that the greatest joys can be found in embracing the imperfections."
Publisher Candlewick
Publication Date 2004-08-19
Section Children's Picture Books / All Staff Suggestions / Suggestions for Kids / Katherine F.
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9780763623449
A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot.
Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.
Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.
